Radical Responsibility Podcast

Today's Radical Responsibility episode includes everything you need to know to survive the digital era. My guest Molly Pittman, author, CEO, business coach, and co-host at “Perpetual Traffic”, talks to me about making yourself marketable and living on your own terms.

We also chat about:
-Strategies for choosing the business model that's right for you
-Mastering a skill set to open up your options
The importance of caring for yourself, and how it contributes to your success
-Enriching the lives of others as a part of your business model
-Why part of your success plan should include surrounding yourself with people who inspire you

Today in this Radical Responsibility podcast I speak to husband and wife, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman Kornfield who are both prominent meditation teachers. Jack, in particular, is known for being key in bringing Buddhist meditation to the west. With P.h.D's in psychology, decades of meditation practice, and insight into their own happy marriage they share with me the key to finding the right person and cultivating healthy, loving relationships.

They also share their wisdom with me on:
-Doing your own work to attract the right person
-Why shifting away from expectations about your partner can open communication channels
-Considering your intention when addressing conflict
-Finding the.balance between sharing and individuality
-How to see your partner through the eyes of love, and acceptance and appreciating them for who they are

In this Radical Responsibility podcast, I chat with Sal Di Stefano, Co-founder of the MAPS fitness program and Mind Pump Media, a platform offering science-based fitness knowledge and programs. He shares his experience and knowledge on how to make more sustainable fitness and health choices for a better life.

We also chat about:
-Letting self-love and self-care be your driving factor for getting fit and sticking to healthier eating habits
-Questions you can ask yourself to get motivated and stay consistent with your health and fitness plan
-The real reasons many diet & health resolutions fail
-Getting away from the punishment/reward mindset of dieting and exercise
The biohacking secrets to increasing your fitness and health goals in the most time-efficient manner

Today in this Radical Responsibility podcast I speak to Author & Natural Health/Ayurvedic expert Dr. John Douillard who shares his wisdom on living in sync & harmony with the seasons and life’s natural cycles.

In this episode we also chat about:

-The three body types according to Ayurveda and the ideal diet for each one
-Getting to the source of digestive issues and immunity barriers
-Why processed foods can confuse our digestion
-The type of breathing recommended during sleep, and how it can rejuvenate and strengthen your immune system
-Breathing techniques to strengthen the diaphragm and maintain the body's natural support system

In this Radical Responsibility podcast, I chat with Dr. Peter Levine, Psychologist, Founder of both Somatic Experiencing (SE), and Human Enrichment., He is also a member of World Psychologists for Social Responsibility, an organization dedicated to forming effective responses to ethnic and political warfare and wide-ranging disasters. Known for his best-seller: Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, he shares insight into the nature of trauma and how the concept of pendulation can help us develop the capacity to shift negative sensations into more positive ones.

We also discuss:

-The three primary components of fear, and how we can use our knowledge of these to deconstruct the nature of fear
-An explanation of Somatic Experiencing, and why knowing a person’s specific trauma isn’t essential to helping them work with it
-Peter’s experiences working with members of Indigenous tribes, and the healing lessons learned from their dedication to ancestral wisdom

Part 3 of 3 with Diane Musho Hamilton, a Zen teacher, co-founder of Two Arrows Zen, and author. In this episode, she speaks to me about Integral Theory and how to manage "the new normal".

In this episode we talk about:

-The new normal, the degradation in our civil conduct and polarization, and why there is still hope.
-The false sense of safety in separateness and how commonality and belonging is soothing to the nervous system.
​​-How cultivating the right kind of meaning-making and having sense of purpose in our own lives can make us more resilient.

For more information about Diane’s work, please visit: www.dianemushohamilton.com

Part 2 of 3 with Diane Musho Hamilton, a Zen teacher, co-founder of Two Arrows Zen, and author. Today, she joins Fleet to share her insight on how necessary sense-making is to overcome the systemic challenges around issues like climate change and social justice.

In this episode we discuss:

-How a bigger perspective can support resilience, even through life’s - and history’s - darkest chapters.
-What she learned when her community of practitioners suspended Dharma study and practice for a year to put their energy toward understanding climate change.
-What an “enlightened prepper” movement might look like.


For more information about Diane’s work, please visit: www.dianemushohamilton.com

If you're curious and new to Integral Theory, you're going to enjoy my first episode (part 1 of 3) with Diane Musho Hamilton, a Zen teacher, co-founder of Two Arrows Zen, and author. With decades of work in conflict resolution and depth of experience in sitting meditation, she has an incredibly simplistic yet elegant way of leveraging points of integral theory and the pandemic.

In this episode we also chat about:

-How meditation and mediation share the same purpose: to bring what is divided or in dispute into harmony.
-How working with our differences, while discovering our fundamental unity and therefore being able to hold different/multiple perspectives in crisis is the ultimate test.
-Why remaining in our chosen silos endangers the opportunity for cultural evolution.
-How crisis may ultimately create a basis for a better human condition.

For more information about Diane’s work, please visit: www.dianemushohamilton.com

In this Radical Responsibility episode, I chat with Thomas Hübl who is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who integrates the core insights of the great wisdom traditions with the discoveries of science. He teaches courses and trainings to participants from around the world - ranging from members of the public to faculty and staff at Harvard Medical School. Based in Tel Aviv and Germany. He is the author of the book "Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds". Today, he talks with Fleet Maull about the cumulative, intergenerational impacts of trauma and resilience.

He also shares his wisdom with me on:

-How a crisis, such as COVID or climate change - can cause certain higher societal functions, such as compassion and inclusion, to fall away as a collective fragmentation takes root
-Why cognition, sense, and feeling are all one emergent process, and how this can inform healing from trauma
-The three pillars of a healthy spiritual practice (practice, integration work, ethical living) and how we can more authentically engage in these

In this Radical Responsibility episode, I chat with Dr. Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist, educator, and author who specializes in understanding the mind-body connection. She is well known for her best-sellers The Willpower Instinct and The Upside of Stress. Her latest book, The Joy of Movement, explores why physical exercise is a powerful antidote to the modern epidemics of depression, anxiety, and loneliness. Today we chat about the science behind willpower and how aligning our values and relationships with our goals can change our lives more sustainably.

We also chat about:
-The biggest barriers to making positive change in your life
-How to put your wiser self in charge of as many choices as possible
-How to make choices that are consistent with your values and your goals
-Breaking free of behaviors you really struggle with
-Giving your energy to what matters most

To learn more about Kelly McGonigal you can visit http://kellymcgonigal.com/